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Thursday, October 15, 2009

News Good Morning News!

Posted by Sarah Mirk on Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 8:52 AM

Big News! Banks Make Money: Goldman Sachs rakes in the profits, gives $200 million to charity and a heartwarming $5.35 billion in company bonuses.

Old Person Bonus! Obama wants old and disabled people to receive emergency $250 bailouts.

"Sophisticated Wave of Violence": Coordinated attackers dressed as Pakistani police killed 30 people in Lahore.

Better Book Your Cruise Now. Research shows Arctic will be ice free during the summer in only 20 years.

Healthy Coke! Coca Cola announces the 90 calorie "mini can", which is great for "smaller thirst occasions and for calorie-conscious consumers."

Exotic Life Forms: Apparently there's people who aren't on Facebook, too.

Domino Theory: Artists in Berlin build a new Berlin wall out of Styrofoam and plan to push it over like dominoes.

Republican Revival: So it turns out Meghan McCain is kinda hot? And she posts boobilicious photos of herself to Twitter, then feels bad about it? And she likes Andy Warhol?

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Log Jam: Feds say Oregon should support a short-term increase in logging, ideally the kind that doesn't kill too many endangered animals.

Making Amends: Paulson surprises commissioners by saying he'll only bring Major League Soccer to Portland if he can find a home for the Beavers.

 

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1
MLS link directs to logging story.
Posted by oops on October 15, 2009 at 9:23 AM · Report
2
Republican girls are secretly crazy and love to take it in the ass. Like their gay fathers.
Posted by Jesus Fucking Christ on October 15, 2009 at 9:37 AM · Report
3
Np, what Paulson meant was that if Beaverton taxpayers don't cough up $50 million, he'll go cut down a bunch of trees.
Posted by GLV on October 15, 2009 at 9:54 AM · Report
4
Does anyone even like the Beavers?
Posted by Marq on October 15, 2009 at 9:59 AM · Report
5
she also loves the decemberists, gossip, and elliott smith. she seems a little confused to me.
Posted by toughwheels on October 15, 2009 at 10:06 AM · Report
6
she is confused and really hot-epic win!......Seriously if he was YOUR dad would you not be a bit fucked up yourself?...just your typical take shots at a celebrity so you can feel better about yourself BS.
Marq- we all love beavers!
and I don't think those loggers can score a lot of goals though. Bummer
Posted by The Showstopper on October 15, 2009 at 10:19 AM · Report
7
Sorry, MLS link fixed. I got a little overzealous there with the logging links.
Posted by s.mirk on October 15, 2009 at 12:04 PM · Report
8
Speaking of goals, how did the Timbers do this year.
Posted by ujfoyt on October 15, 2009 at 12:28 PM · Report
9
Yeah. What Jesus Fucking Christ said.
Posted by LokNaar on October 15, 2009 at 2:19 PM · Report
10
She isn't as hot as the latest lilie ad. (The cat is a nice touch.)
Posted by Matthew D on October 15, 2009 at 6:16 PM · Report

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